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Rationality

Scientific theory vs. unscientific utility

Summary Just because something is not created via the scientific method, does not mean it can't be useful - implications about how we think about religious precepts. Serendipity (pot luck) I have previously remarked upon how, in some fields of human endeavour where the scientific approach is held to be the ideal, in reality human scientific and technological discoveries has often been the results of luck and even mistakes. Social science 'theories' There is a corollary i
Haji 2003

Haji 2003 in Rationality

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Rationality

Doing your own 'research'

Note: I'll be updating the initial entry with additional points over time, as discussions elsewhere on Shiachat help me to flesh out the original arguments.   Summary In this essay I discuss why the theory behind 'Do your own research' (DYOR) does not live up to reality and the negative consequences that this can have for those who follow it. What I will also do is to examine how the whole notion of informed decision making fits within a broader ideological framework and why
Haji 2003

Haji 2003 in Rationality

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